UNHCR

Fewer refugees arriving in Greece's Evros region, but problems remain

PYTHIO VILLAGE, Greece – As dawn breaks over Greece’s north-eastern Evros region, a group of three families with adults and children tramp through Pythio and Thourio, small villages on a country ...
Greek Reporter

Alexandroupoli Marks Anniversary of Union With Greece

The city of Alexandroupoli in northeast Greece marked the 106th anniversary of its union with Greece with a military and ...
AOL

Greece rescues 25 migrants from deadly Evros wildfire

EVROS, Greece,/ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece on Friday rescued a group of 25 migrants trapped in a wildfire which has been burning in the northeastern region of Evros for almost two weeks, authorities ...
BBC

Greek police using masked migrants to forcibly push other migrants back across border

Police in Greece have been recruiting migrants to violently push other migrants back across its land border with Turkey, according to wide-ranging evidence uncovered by the BBC. We have seen internal ...
The Jordan Times

Greece blocked 40,000 migrants at Evros this year — gov't

ATHENS — Greece said on Saturday some 40,000 illegal migrants had been blocked from entering the country along the northern border with Turkey since the beginning of the year. Greece is often the ...
dw

Greece: Evros fire 'cannot be contained' — regional official

Hundreds of firefighters are battling the blaze at the edge of Greece's Dadia national park. The European Commission described it as the largest single fire in the history of the EU. A wildfire raging ...